GMP officers accused as being culpable for the breach of a Rape Victims identity

On 29th November, Rick Pendlebury was arrested for publishing the identity of a Rape Victim on social media, a criminal offence under  the Sexual Offences (Amendment) Act 1976.

The lack of action by some Greater Manchester police officers may see them culpable for the rape victims identity being disclosed by a man under investigation, and other preventable alleged offences.

Rick published the rape victims identity as part of a malicious course of conduct of harassment against the rape victim’s friend.

The friend had reported Rick Pendlebury on 6th September for harassment and for him threatening to publish personal data which Rick said he acquired while he worked at the Maggie Oliver Foundation. Rick accosted the man when he was exiting a lift at the Manchester Civil Justice Centre.

Rick stalked the man and threatened him (see video below) on 8th October when the man was walking to the Manchester Civil Justice Centre.

Rick then made a phone call to bring other men to the court building who then participated in the gang intimidation of the friend exiting the building, all three men began following the man to his car. Rick and the men were seen chatting with the head of security who appeared complicit in the ambush.

Later that same day, Rick Pendlebury posted a string of harassing messages to the man on X (formerly Twitter).

All of this was reported to GMP who recorded it has harassment, however, they failed to take any action.

PC Theresa Morgan confirmed she received evidence of Rick Pendleburys harassment, including the video of Rick threatening him (below) and even so, 6 weeks later, Pendlebury has not been questioned over those offences and allowed to continue his course of conduct.

Had PC Morgan and other GMP officers acted on the evidence they had in their possession, Rick Pendlebury would have been arrested (as he has now been), and that would have prevented Rick from pursuing his malicious course of action against the man, that has led to the illegal identification or a Rape Vicitim and other preventable incidents.